Thanks, Onomea.

One of the things I intend to do with my nice unexpected winfall the last two weeks is to finally send off that Factory Letter request. JayCeeNC was kind enough to post a link for me, so I have the form.

Please help me here; what should I put on the form for the Model # or S&W Name? I would like to get this right.

I will send the photos I have -- posted here already on the forum -- and the link to this thread, with the letter request. I would hope to be able to post the reply from S&W and some additional photos together. I realize that the letter may take time, but Mexico is an unstable place (albeit getting better from what I think was an absolute LOW last fall) and I will NOT risk losing Phil's gun in a silly roadblock for no good reason. The next time chance presents itself to take the gun out, I'll have it photographed at the same time. Hopefully, I'll have the factory letter by then and can post everything at once. That may cause some excitement. The idea certainly intrigues me.